Netanyahu Finally Takes the Stand in His Corruption Trial
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepares to testify in his trial on corruption charges at the district court in Tel Aviv on Tuesday.
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In France, Marine Le Pen Takes Aim at the Top
The far-right leader Marine Le Pen with President Emmanuel Macron after talks at the Élyseé Palace in Paris in 2022.
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In Georgia Protests, Echoes of Ukraine’s Past Revolutions
Fireworks set off by protesters exploded around riot police during a demonstration in Tbilisi, Georgia, last week.
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on December 2024
Sednaya Prison in Syria: What to Know
A man praying inside a liberated cell in Sednaya prison, in the suburbs of Damascus, Syria, on Monday.
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With Quick Vote and Little Fanfare, Saudi Arabia on Track to Get the 2034 World Cup
Argentina players celebrating with the trophy after winning the World Cup in December 2022, in Qatar.
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South Korea’s Opposition Leader Determined to Oust President Yoon After Martial Law
Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the opposition party, at his Democratic Party’s meeting room in the National Assembly in Seoul on Monday.
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Lula, Brazil’s President, Is in ICU After Emergency Brain Surgery
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil is recovering from an “uneventful” emergency surgery, according to the hospital that treated him.
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Protests in Kenya Demand Action Over a Spate of Brutal Murders of Women
Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Nairobi, Kenya, on Tuesday to demand that the government take action to stop the killings of women and girls.
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Trump Mocks Trudeau and Canada in Post on Tariffs and Trade
President-elect Donald Trump listens during a meeting in 2019 with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada.
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South Korea Martial Law Fallout: What to Know on Yoon’s Future
Police officers near the National Assembly in Seoul last week after President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law.
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What to Know About the Countries Still Fighting in Syria After al-Assad’s Ouster
A poster of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria hanging on the side of a shopping mall decimated by bombs in the war-ravaged city of Homs, Syria, in June.
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Taiwan Says China Has Deployed Largest Fleet of Ships in Decades
A Taiwanese fighter jet landing in Hsinchu on Tuesday.
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Cyclist Rohan Dennis Pleads Guilty in Death of Wife Melissa Hoskins, Fellow Olympian
Rohan Dennis pleaded guilty to creating a risk of harm. He faces seven years in prison.
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on December 2024
Arctic Tundra Has Long Helped Cool Earth. Now, It’s Fueling Warming.
A hill with an ice core, known as a pingo, in the Mackenzie River Delta, Northwest Territories.
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on December 2024
Police Arrest 3 After Deadly Explosion in the Netherlands
An explosion and fire killed at least six people and destroyed part of an apartment building in The Hague, the Netherlands, on Saturday.
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on December 2024
Israel Strikes Military Assets Across Syria to Keep Them From Rebels
The aftermath on Tuesday of an overnight strike on the Barzah scientific research center, which had been linked to the Syrian government’s chemical weapons program.
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Prince William and Jacob Elordi Grow Beards
Prince William has had a beard at multiple public appearances in recent weeks.
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on December 2024
Australia Signs Security and Economic Treaty With Nauru
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia and President David Adeang of Nauru meeting in Canberra, Australia, on Monday.
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on December 2024
How to Understand the Armed Factions Operating in Syria
Celebrations at Umayyad Square in Damascus on Monday.
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on December 2024
The Netanyahu Corruption Trial, Explained
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel addressing lawmakers in the Knesset, Israel’s Parliament, in Jerusalem, in November.
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Tuesday Briefing
Syrians celebrated in Umayyad Square in Damascus yesterday.
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on December 2024
Syrians, in Shock and With Some Unease, Celebrate the Fall of al-Assad
Thousands of Syrians celebrated in the streets of Umayyad Square in the center of Damascus, Syria, on Monday.
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Syrian Military Officials Charged With War Crimes as Government Falls
The Mezzeh air base in Damascus, Syria, where two officials were accused of committing war crimes and running a notorious prison facility.
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U.S. Scrambles to Navigate Perils of a New Syria
U.S. officials say they are closely watching to see whether Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, led by Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, displays traits of a terrorist group or whether it has changed.
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Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire Talks Gain Steam, Officials Say
A makeshift camp for displaced Palestinians in the Nahr al-Bared area in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Monday.
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Tuesday Briefing: Syrian Rebels Rush to Establish Order
Celebrations in Umayyad Square in Damascus yesterday.
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Syria’s President Had Stocks of Chemical Weapons. What Happens to Them Now?
A Syrian rebel tries on a gas mask seized from a Syrian army factory in the northwestern province of Idlib in 2013. Bashar al-Assad’s use of chemical weapons on rebels and civilians was a defining feature of the early days of Syria’s civil war.
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on December 2024
A Quick Arab Pivot: From Welcoming al-Assad to Managing the Chaos
A torn poster of the deposed Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad at an abandoned border checkpoint in Masnaa, Syria, on Monday.
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on December 2024
Crowds Throng to Syria’s Sednaya Prison to Find Relatives and Friends
Surveying cells in the Sednaya Prison on Monday in Damascus, Syria.
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on December 2024
Explosion at Fuel Depot Near Florence Kills at Least Two
Smoke billowed from the depot near Florence, Italy, after the explosion on Monday.
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on December 2024
How Syria’s Rebels Took Damascus, Captured on Video
Syrians celebrating in the central city of Homs early on Sunday.
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Displaced Syrians Rush to Return Home
People traveling on the road to Damascus, the Syrian capital, from Beirut, Lebanon, on Monday.
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Israel Claims Credit for al-Assad’s Ouster, but Sees Risk in His Absence
Celebrating the fall of Bashar al-Assad on a road leading to Syria’s Masnaa border crossing in Bar Elias, Lebanon, on Sunday.
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E.P.A. Bans Perc and T.C.E., Two Chemicals Used In Dry Cleaning
The dry-cleaning industry has objected to new restrictions imposed by the Environmental Protection Agency.
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on December 2024
Desperate Haitians Who Fled to the Dominican Republic Are Being Sent Back in Cages
Haitians detained for deportation in a police vehicle between the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
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on December 2024
Ukraine Weighs Telegram Security Risks Amid War With Russia
Telegram’s Air Raids Map channel. Roughly 70 percent of Ukrainians use Telegram as a main source of news, according to a recent survey.
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on December 2024
Three-Quarters of Earth’s Land Got Drier in Recent Decades, U.N. Says
A goat farmer in a drought-stricken area of Leonforte, Sicily, in July.
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on December 2024
South Korea Bars President From Traveling Abroad
President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea with Oh Dong-woon in May, when Mr. Oh was appointed as head of the office investigating high-ranking officials.
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on December 2024
Monday Briefing
A toppled statue of Syria’s late president, Hafez al-Assad, in Damascus yesterday.
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Revolutions Swept the Middle East in 2011. Will Syria’s End Differently?
Hundreds celebrated the end of Bashar al-Assad’s long and brutal grip on Syria on Sunday on a road leading to the border between Lebanon and Syria.
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on December 2024
Massacre in Haiti Ordered by Gang Leader Leaves Over 100 Dead, Rights Group Says
An armored police vehicle in Cité Soleil, a slum in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, in May.
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on December 2024
Trump Picks Former Ambassador to Mexico for Deputy Secretary of State
Christopher Landau in 2019. Because of his background in dealing with Mexico, Mr. Landau could be tasked with handling migration and tariffs in the Trump administration.
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on December 2024
With Syria in Flux, Turkish Forces Attack U.S.-Backed Forces
Destroying a statue of Bassel al-Assad, the ousted president’s brother, on Sunday in Qamishli, Syria, on the border with Turkey.
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Stunned Iranian Officials Try to Distance Their Country From Assad
The damage after Syrians looted the Iranian Embassy in Damascus, Syria’s capital, on Sunday.
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Syrians in New York City Celebrate the Fall of Assad
Marcelle Shehwaro, center, a Syrian activist, celebrated the fall of the Assad regime along with other activists and supporters in Washington Square Park on Sunday.
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Notre-Dame Holds First Public Mass in Years: ‘Fire Has Not Conquered Stone’
Priests at the newly reopened Notre-Dame Cathedral after the Sunday evening service.
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Israeli Ground Forces Cross into Syria, Officials Say
Israeli troops in the buffer zone with Syria, in the Golan Heights on Sunday.
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Monday Briefing: Al-Assad Flees Syria as Rebels Claim Power
Crowds gathered near the Maasna border crossing into Syria.
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As Assad’s Dictatorship in Syria Ends, New Risks for the Middle East Are Huge
Celebrations broke out on Sunday after President Bashar al-Assad’s government in Syria collapsed, including at a border crossing in Lebanon, above.
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Syria’s Army Was Hollowing Out Long Before Rebels’ Advance
Abandoned tanks lined up at Mezzeh Air Base after Syrian forces deserted their posts on Sunday in Damascus.
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on December 2024
The Assad Family’s Legacy Is One of Savage Oppression
Portraits of Hafez al-Assad, left, and his son Bashar al-Assad, who succeeded him in power, at a hotel in Damascus.
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on December 2024
Biden Weighs Approach to Rebels in Syria Amid Secret Message Exchange
“We’re cleareyed about the fact that ISIS will try to take advantage of any vacuum to reestablish its capability,” President Biden said on Sunday.
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on December 2024
Syrians in Lebanon Start to Head Home, With Both Joy and Worry
People waving flags celebrate in the street while stuck in the traffic jam leading up to the Lebanon-Syria Masna’a border crossing on Sunday.
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on December 2024
What’s Next for Syria After the Collapse of Assad’s Government?
The Syrian presidential palace in Damascus after President Bashar al-Assad was ousted.
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on December 2024
Live Updates: Israel Says It Destroyed Syria’s Navy, Part of Wave of Post-Assad Attacks
How the Rebels in Syria Captured Damascus
Monarch Butterflies Are Recommended for Protected Status in U.S.
Here’s How Much Cleaner Energy Could Save America, in Lives and Money
Volcanic Eruption in the Philippines Forces Mass Evacuation
Road to Damascus Littered With Relics of Fallen Assad Government